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Barts or BLs

What should I do...narrowed my search to Bartolini 59J1LS

or Bill Lawrence J-45

What is best for an aggressive & expressive sound?

Can anyone compare?

FWIW:

aggressive tone to me comes from aspects other than pups (technique, effects, gain boost, etc.). In terms of pups, Hi-output is what I associate with aggressive pups because they're typically more responsive to technique, distort more easily, pickup string graze etc. more readily.